Steen Haakon Hansen is Denmark's best kept improv secret and we're super excited to have him in Oslo!

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With 40+ years of experience Steen is a wonderful listener, great source of inspiration and one of the World's best teachers of improvisation! His experience with theater, improv, clowning, object work, bricolage etc. seems unlimited and the way he combines theory with practice is second to none.

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Terje, the founder of Tøyen Impro, first met Steen at a Keith Johnstone class in beautiful Odsherred in 2015. Steen was facilitating the class together with Keith, in fact the two of them have been working together for over 40 years! It was so good that Terje returned in 2016 and 2017!

Patti is an actor, improviser, director, teacher and playwright whose been working professionally in theatre since 1983. She travels the world inspiring audiences with her performances and students with her teaching.

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She served her theatre apprenticeship at the world renowned Loose Moose Theatre and was trained by Keith Johnstone. Her understanding of Johnstone’s work and philosophy, combined with her own discoveries and her wealth of experience on the world impro stage, has made her a “must have” teacher for performers and companies wishing to create spontaneous theatre with fine skill, strong narrative, heart and elegant style.

She has an infectious enthusiasm for improvisation and The Canadian press has given her the titles “Impro Doyen” and “Queen of Improvisation”.

Monday: Character Work in Short FormA workshop on advanced character work in short-form, long-form and comedy sketch.

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In the workshop, you will be introduced to and work with old and contemporary acting techniques that are focused on creating characters on the spot.

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And we will have a look at how you can use these techniques in different styles of improvised performance.

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Monday August 26. from 5pm-9pm (17:00 - 21:00)

Duration: 4 hours

Price: 800 NOK

Limited spots available.

Tuesday: Live Scriptwriting

A workshop on how to improve your live scriptwriting in short-form, long-form and comedy sketch.

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In this workshop, you will be introduced to a way of thinking on and working with plot and script while you are improving on stage.

Look at it as a way of training your capacity to create captivating stories, in addition to your ordinary training.

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Tuesday August 27. from 5pm-9pm (17:00 - 21:00)

Duration: 4 hours

Price: 790 NOK

Limited spots available.

Thursday: Mechanics of the Scene

Develop and strengthen your skills in developing Platform, awareness of the promises in a scene and the circle of expectations, spot whose scene it is, advance the scene, raise the stakes and find satisfying endings.

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Thursday August 29. from 5pm-9pm (17:00 - 21:00)

Duration: 4 hours

Price: 790 NOK

Limited spots available.

Friday: Skills Attack

Every level of improviser benefits from a workout in the basics.

Skill up or break bad habits as we work and review the following Blocking, Acceptance, Offer, Wimping, Cancelling, Hedging, Sidetracking and Instant Conflict.

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Friday August 30. from 5pm-9pm (17:00 - 21:00)

Duration: 4 hours

Price: 790 NOK

Limited spots available.

Saturday & Sunday: An Oslo Exclusive Weekend Workshop

An Oslo Exclusive Weekend Workshop with the Queen of Improvisation and Denmark's Master of Improvisation.

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78 years of combined improv experience for two full days! We spoil ourselves!